AfricaXP is a digital content distributor and themed linear channel creator that facilitates synergies between content rights owners and media platform operators. We offer premium international content a single gateway into the fragmented African market by deploying diverse market-appropriate monetization strategies. We have distribution and channel partnerships with high profile international rights owners and also distribute one of the largest independent libraries of African content in multiple languages. This provides scale and reach to African producers who need a convenient commercial and technical distributor that provides content and channels to both mainstream and niche diaspora audiences worldwide. Our custom built African and International themed channels are available to major established broadcast operators as well as growing DTH, DTT, OTT and VOD operators in Africa, Europe, North America and beyond. AfricaXP’s commercial imperative is to facilitate the monetization of our supplier partners’ rights across an increasingly diverse and complicated range of new digital media outlets with diverse and evolving revenue models. Simultaneously we support new platforms’ growth by offering them the high quality content and channels they need to build audiences and succeed on affordable and scalable terms.

Channels

AfricaXP is the leading creator and supplier of custom designed themed TV Channels for African broadcasters and broadcasters to the African diaspora worldwide.We build channels in partnership with right owners who supply the content, while we design, compile, package, maintain and playout. We have an extensive content library of African and International titles available and are also keen to discuss content package deals. Channel Imaging, Design and Maintenance is done by AfricaXP’s team of World Class TV Imaging Designers to provide Channels fully customized to broadcaster specifications. Our unique cloud based playout system allows for custom segmentation and avoids satellite capacity and distribution costs. Contact us for details of our channel bouquet.

AfricaXP provides broadcasters in Africa with good content at prices they can afford, while offering content owners the opportunity to place their content in as many markets as possible. We work with every kind of broadcaster to unlock the possibilities for monetizing content wherever possible.

Playout

AfricaXP utilizes a unique cloud based playout system that allows for custom segmentation and avoids satellite capacity and distribution costs. The playout system will suit any broadcast platform. The AXP box sits at the broadcasters headend providing a video stream for inclusion into the transport stream.

Producers Incubator

A thriving African content market can only exist if there is a BUYER and a SELLER. BUT - there is not enough quality African content supply to meet the demand. The African Media Incubator aims to address the lag in African content production and create jobs in the African TV industry by : Identifying talented young media entrepreneurs and projects for incubation, and by assisting in the development of commercially viable concepts. The Incubator seeks partnerships and support from organisations that see the social and economic benefit for African TV markets.

7 May 2019Top Story Kwese’s withdrawal from the Sub-Saharan African pay TV market late last year was one of a long string of failures in this sector. Content distributor and linear channel creator AfricaXP has been riding the ups and downs of supplying pay TV operators and decided to create its own free-to-air platform. Russell […]

Interview With AFRICA XP – CEO (Craig Kelly) TMTv-SA was front and center in Johannesburg, South Africa, mingling, making connections and striking deals at Discop, the largest film and television expo that takes place twice a year on the continent. While there, Daphne Fitzgerald took the opportunity to zero in on the business aspect of film […]

VivaBox partners with AfricaXP to provide premium content for MTNTV Ghana 1 June 2018 Distribution Johannesburg, May 30, 2018 – AfricaXP(AXP), Africa’s leading provider of premium themed content announced today that VivaBox DMS, a leading turn-key Mobile IPTV/OTT provider for Telco’s has signed a multi-year contract to provide premium content for MTN-TV (Ghana). Under this […]